rautatee

Ingrian
Rautatee.

Etymology

From rauta (“iron”) +‎ tee (“road”). Akin to Finnish rautatie and Estonian raudtee.

Pronunciation
  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈrɑu̯tɑˌteː/, [ˈrɑu̯təˌteː]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈrɑu̯tɑˌteː/, [ˈrɑu̯d̥ɑˌte̝ː]
  • Rhymes: -eː
  • Hyphenation: rau‧ta‧tee

Noun

rautatee

  1. railroad, railway
    • 1937, N. Grigorjev, translated by V. Konstantinova and V. Lavrentjeva, Pooltoist Läkkämyst, Lapsin literatuuran izdateljstva, page 3:
      Dispetcer... Töö, taitaa, i että kuulleet, ken se ono dispetcer rautateel.
      Dispatcher... You probably haven't even heard, who a dispatcher on the railroad is.

Declension
Declension of rautatee (type 8/maa, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative rautatee rautateet
genitive rautateen rautateijen
partitive rautateeta rautateita
illative rautateehe rautateihe
inessive rautatees rautateis
elative rautateest rautateist
allative rautateelle rautateille
adessive rautateel rautateil
ablative rautateelt rautateilt
translative rautateeks rautateiks
essive rautateenna, rautateen rautateinna, rautatein
exessive1) rautateent rautateint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 468
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